| abstract |
The present invention relates to a protein crystal comprising the processivity clamp factor of DNA polymerase and a peptide of about 3 to about 30 amino acids, in particular of about 16 amino acids, said peptide comprising all or part of the processivity clamp factor binding sequence of a processivity clamp factor interacting protein, such as prokaryotic Pol I, Pol II, Pol III, Pol IV, Pol V, MutS, ligase I, α subunit of DNA polymerase, UmuD or UmuD′, or eukaryotic pol ε, pol δ, pol η, pol τ, pol κ. |